Slip cover for furniture



Dec. `1s, 1934. s. KRASNOV 1,984,973

SLIP COVER FOR FURNITURE Filed Sep. 18, 1954 1 E/VzoA 2@ @am wel [1f/usual),

Patented Dec. 18, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SLIP COVER FOR FURNITURE Application September 18, 1934, Serial No. 744,475

Claims.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in slip covers for upholstered and other furniture, and it relates more particularly to certain improvements in the construction of 5 slip covers whereby the same may be fitted better and whereby they may be retained on the furniture without any undesirable derangement which generally and naturaly follows any normal use of the covered furniture, such as chair, couch, etc.

It is an object of my invention to so construct slip covers, that slip covers of the ready-made type (as well as order-made slip covers) may fit the furniture better and so that they may be caused to stay on the furniture with great security while in use and without slippage or sliding.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention comprehends or consists of certain novel fastening tabs arranged behind the lower peripheral skirt or valance of the slip cover and adapted to be fastened to the underneath frame structure of the furniture so as to hold the lower peripheral zone of the slip cover securely anchored to the furniture, without however, detracting from the lower peripheral freely pendent skirt portions of the slip cover.

My invention further includes certain novel means associated with the arms of the slip cover to limit the spreading movement of the arm over the furniture while in use, said means acting in conjunction with said first named tabs to hold the external surfaces of the slip cover anchored tothe furniture with the desired nt.

My invention further comprehends or includes a certain novel construction in the inner surfaces or panels of the slip cover whereby the two inner side panels and the inner back panel of the slip cover as well as the seat portion of the slip cover are provided with excess material at the juncture zone of the seat and inner sides and inner back and whereby elongated and more or less flexible retainer members or anchorage members cooperate with these oversized juncture zones and with the sides and seat cushion of the furniture so as detachably but securely to anchor the inner panels and seat portion of the slip cover to the furniture.

My invention further consists of other features as well as certain other novel details of construction, all of which will appear more fully from the following detailed description.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in the accompanying drawings, one form thereof which is at present preferred by me, since the same has been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variousy arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

Referring to the drawing in Which'like reference characters indicate like parts:

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the slip cover of my present invention, mounted upon an upholstered or stuffed cham-the chair being shown merely in outline.

Figure 2 represents a similar perspective view of the slip cover, separately from the chair however, and viewed from the bottom upwardly at an angle tending to expose to fuller view the bottom tabs and one of the arm tabs.

Figure 3 represents a section on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 represents a section on line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 represents a fragmentary sectional view of one small portion of the construction shown in Figure 3.

Figure 6 represents a fragmentary vertical sectional view on a much elongated scale of the rear bottom tab shown merely in the detached condition.

My present invention in slip covers may be embodied in any type of slip cover Whether for an arm-chair or a chaise-lounge or lounge or couch or divan and may be applied to any style in any of these pieces of furniture. Thus in the drawing I have merely illustrated a more or less common style of overstuffed or upholstered arm-chair including side arm portions 10, seat portion 11, intermediate said side arm portions 10 and a back portion 12 and including lower peripheral frame members 13 at the bottom sides and at the rear, generally formed of wood and fromv which the legs 14 extend downwardly.

The cushion 15 is also of conventional form as generally forming part of (though separable or detachable from) the upholstered furniture.

The slip cover embodying my invention (designated generally by the numeral figure 16) includes generally a front panel 17, the outer side panels 18 and 19 and inner side panels 20 and 21, the outer and inner back panel portions 22 and 23 respectively, and the seat portion 24. The side 'panels 18 and 20 and the side 'panels 19 and 21 are formed in continuation of each other, respectively, and extend over the top of the arms 10,

as shown particularly in Fig. 3. The seat portion 24 is formed generally in continuation of the inner side panels or ar panels 20 and 21 and also in continuation o the back panel 23, although generally formed of a separate piece of fabric and united with these other members 20, 21 and 23 by means of suitable sewn seams at their respective juncture lines.

The lower pendent peripheral or skirt portions 25, 26, 27 and 28 which are adapted to extend downwardly to within a short distance of the oor line or floor level may either be plain as in the back (28) or they may be pleated or shirred as at the front and sides (25, 26 and 27) when it is desired to have the skirt portion pleated or shirred or gathered, the lower pleated portion is formed of a separate strip of fabric which is sewn to the respective panels.

At a line or at a level more or less registering with the level or line of the lower surface of the bottom horizontal members 13 of the chair or furniture, I provide two, three or four tabs 29, 30, 31 and 32 sewn in position by suitable lines -of sewn stitches, or they may be sewn in place with the same stitching which secures the pleated skirt portions to the body of the slip cover, as for instance, the sewn stitches along the lines 33.

These tabs may be of any suitable fabric such as canvas, duck, or any other suitable fabric, or they may be formed of a resilient fabric so that when they are fastened to the horizontal frame members 13 of the chair or couch, they will retain the slip cover in a resilient manner and more or less yieldably with respect to the lower frame members 13.

Within the arm portions of the slip cover and sewn to the front edges 34 and 35 respectively, a pair of similar arm tapes 36 and 37 are provided, likewise formed of any suitable fabric, but preferably formed of the same material as of which the slip cover is made. These arm tabs 36 and 37 while fastened to the upper front edge of the arms, are otherwise free of the arms of the slip cover and are provided at their free ends with tapes 38 and 39, or other equivalent means, whereby they may be secured to each other around the back of the chair or other furniture piece, or the tabs 36 and 37 may also be tacked at the back to the upright frame members of the chair, etc.

As the slip cover is mounted on the furniture piece but before it is completely pulled down over the furniture i the back, the tapes 38 and 39 are extended around the back of the chair or couch and tied to each other in a suitable knot 40 or otherwise fastened to each other and thereafter the slip cover is pulled down over the tapes at the back so as to completely conceal the tapes. The tapes are so tied that the tabs 36 and 37 will permit the arm'portions of the slip cover to come forward just to the suicient extent but so as to prevent the arms of the slip, cover from moving forward beyond the desired fitting point.

The bottom tabs 29, 30, 31 and 32 are then folded underneath the respective horizontal frame members `13 of the chair or other upholstered furniture and may then be detachably fastened thereto by suitable fastening means such as thumb-tacks, push-pins or the like 41, which are driven into the horizontal frame members 13. If desired the bottom tabs may each be providedv with a suitable number of metallic eyelets and suitable nails or screws or other anchorage members may be permanently fastened in place on the under side of the frame members 13 and the bottom tabs merely hooked onto these nails, screws or anchorages byplacing eyeleted holes therein over these nails, screws or anchorages. A,If desired, these tabs may be made longer so as to meet, or so as to even slightly overlap each other, that is, so that the opposite tabs, as for instance 29 and 32 on one hand and 30 and 31 on the other hand, will meet or overlap each other beneath the chair or furniture, and in this manner the opposite tabs may be fastened directly to each other instead of the frame members 13 by means of any suitable fastening means such as buttons, hooks and eyes, snap fasteners or the metallic link type of slide fasteners generally known as fzippers. Thus, the tab 30 would be fastened to the tab 3l While the tab 29 ,would be fastened to the tab 32.

` The inner panels 20, 21 and 23 and the seat panel 24 may be made with downwardly depend-v ing portions 43 and 44, which may be extended between the sides and back of the chair and the cushion 15 of the chair as indicated particularly in Figures 3 and 5 and by forcing the more or less exible retainer strips 45, 46 and L17/down into the fold, this fold can be maintained anchored firmly though still in detachable relation to the chair or furniture;-the retainer or anchor strips being sufficiently bulky in cross section to prevent their accidental withdrawal by the normal pull on the seat panel 24 or the side and back panels 20, 21 and 23. 46 and 47 may be either separate pieces or formed of one continuous piece and are preferably formed of a piece of fabric or canvas sewn into a tubular formation or a tubular fabric structure otherwise formed which is filled with anysuitable yieldable material such as saw-dust, cotton, horse-hair, or the like, or other stuing material. If desired, anti-moth materialsuch as camphor and other known anti-moth materials may be mixed with the saw-dust or other stumng material within the tubular `housing of the anchorage members.

It will thus be seen that by means of the bottom tabs and the arm tabs, the bottom and arm portions are anchored in a manner to be completely concealed from view and so as to be more or less opposed to each other in their action upon the front and sides of the slip cover.

Likewise, the inner anchorages are opposed to the outer anchorages or bottom tabs in their action upon the upright inner panels of the slip cover.

By means of my present invention, slip covers of the ready-made type may be` fitted with far greater accuracy and in fact can be formed and applied to furniture to have the appearance of made-to-order slip covers, and to be fully as trim if not more so. Needless to say, order-made slip covers will be improved correspondingly by the embodiment of my invention therein.

One of the characteristics of the bottom anchorages 29, 30, 31 and 32 is that they are secured to the pendent portions of the slip cover substantially above the bottom edges of the slip cover and also somewhat above the bottom sur- The anchor members 45, Y

face of the lower horizontal frame members 13,

so that any pull on the members 29, 30, 31 and 32 will not affect the freely hanging appearance -of the bottom portions of the slip cover.

pended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I hereby claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: Y

1. Slip cover for upholstered furniture having a seat cushion and a lower and generally horizontal frame, said -slip cover including, in combination, arm portions, back portions, a seat portion intermediate said arm and back portions, freehanging outer lower pendent portions, tabs se'- cured to said lower pendent portions along lines spaced a substantial distance upwardly from the lower edges of said lower pendent portions, adapted to be extended beneath said frame of the upholstered furniture, to be anchored about said frame and to be wholly concealed by said pendent portions of the slip cover, arm tabs disposed beneathV the arm portions of said slip cover and secured to the frontalv zones thereof, said arm portions having means for anchoring their rearwardly extending free ends, a fold formed in said slip cover bordering on the two side edges and the rear edge of said seat portion of the slip cover and being of sumcient depth to extend downwardly between the seat cushion of the upholstered furniture and the sides and back thereof to a substantial extent, and an elongated retainer member in the bottom of said fold and of suilicient cross section to anchor said fold in place between the seat cushion andthe sides and back of theupholstered furniture.

2. Slip cover for upholstered furniture, having a lower and generally horizontal frame, said slip cover including, in combination, arm portions, back portions, a seat portion intermediate said arm and back portions, free-hanging outer lower pendent portions, tabs secured to said lower pendent portions along lines spaced av substantial distance upwardly from the lower edges of said` lower pendent portions, adapted to be extended beneath said frame of the upholstered furniture, to be anchored about said frame land to be wholly concealed by said pendent portions of the slip cover, and arm tabs disposed beneath the arm portions of said slip cover and secured to the frontal zones thereof, said arm portions having means for anchoring their rearwardly extending free ends.

3. Slip cover for upholstered furniture having generally upright supporting legs and generally horizontal outer frame members` intermediate said supporting legs and spaced upwardly from their lower extremities and generally deilning the lower outer boundary of the upholstered furniture, said slip cover including portions for covering the upper part of said upholstered furniture and, in combination therewith, -outer lower pendent portions extending to a level substantially beneath the lowermost level of said horizontal frame members of the upholstered furniture and being disposed in a freely draped relation to the upholstered furniture beneath 'the level of said horizontal frame member, and tabs connected with said lower pendent portions along lines spaced a substantial distance upwardly from the lowerV edges thereof, adapted to be extended beneath said frame members, to be anchored about the same and to be wholly concealed by said lower pendent portions.

4. Slip cover for upholstered furniture having generally upright supporting legs and generally horizontal outer "frame members intermediate said supporting legs and spaced upwardly from their lower extremities and generally defining the lower outer boundary of the upholstered furniture, said slip cover including portions for covering the upper part of said upholstered furniture and, in combination therewith, outer lower pendent portions extending to a level substantially beneath the lowermost level of said horiz ontal frame members of the upholstered furniture and being disposed in a freely draped relation to the upholstered furniture beneath the level of said horizontal frame member, and means secured to said lower pendent portions along lines spaced a substantial distance upwardly from the lower edges thereof, adapted to be extended beneath said frame members, to be anchored about the same and to be wholly concealed by said lower pendent portions; 5. Slip cover for upholstered furniture having a seat, side arms and back, ysaid slip cover includ-l ing, in combination, arm portions, back portions a seat portion intermediate said arm and back portions, arm tabs disposed beneath said arm por-l tions of the slip coverv secured to their frontalv zones and extending rearwardly therefrom', .and

means for anchoring the rearwardly extending free ends of said arm tabs to pull said frontal zones taut against the side arms of the furniture.

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